Alias Grace is a Canadian-American television miniseries directed by Mary Harron and starring Sarah Gadon.It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood and adapted by Sarah Polley. The series consists of six episodes.It premiered on CBC on September 25, 2017,and appeared on Netflix on November 3, 2017.In advance of the series premiere,the first two episodes received a preview screening at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in its Primetime lineup of selected television programming.Alias Grace Season 1 DVD was the third adaptation of an Atwood novel broadcast on television in 2017, after The Handmaid's Tale adapted for Hulu and Wandering Wenda adapted for CBC Television's CBC Kids lineup.